Editor’s note: ULA Atlas V, Amazon rocket launch for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, was scrubbed due to weather. For updates and launch replay, click here. Godspeed, Atlas V.

They suggested that in a time before the Andes had formed, this gradient caused the river (as it was then) to flow from East to West, towards the Purus Arch, while water on the west side of the ...

Fishermen hold an aphanotorulus unicolor, a species of catfish, they caught in the Amazon River amid a drought on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years.

The world’s largest river is parched. The Amazon River, battered by back-to-back droughts fueled by climate change, is drying up, with some stretches of the mighty waterway dwindling to shallow ...

One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon ...

The depth of one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil measured at just 3m. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows The Solimoes, one of the main tributaries of the mighty Amazon River whose waters originate in the Peruvian Andes, has fallen to its ...

Explorers discover uncharted Amazon river, waterfalls — while being stalked by jaguar, reptiles: ‘It is brutal in the jungle’ By Yvonne Juris Published Sep. 11, 2024, 10:25 p.m. ET ...

Following last year’s drought, barges were prevented from using some ports on the Amazon River, and the outlook for this year is even worse, said consultancy ARGUS. “This could lead to the ...

Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

The Pearl River Map Turtle was discovered by researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2010 and was officially inducted into the “endangered species” category by the U.S. Fish ...